{"id":21884,"date":"2025-04-01T10:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21884"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:18:27","slug":"wyden-merkley-colleagues-introduce-honor-farmer-contracts-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-colleagues-introduce-honor-farmer-contracts-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Honor Farmer Contracts Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington D.C.\u2014<\/em><\/strong>U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate colleagues to introduce legislation that would release funding illegally withheld by the Trump administration for all contracts and agreements previously entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe unlawful freezing of federal funding has inflicted chaos on nearly every part of our lives, and this funding can make the difference between whether farms in Oregon and nationwide can stay in business or not,\u201d dijo Wyden. <\/strong>\u201cAgriculture plays a huge part in Oregon\u2019s economy, and it\u2019s absolutely essential for the federal government to fulfill its end of the deal with farmers’ promised reimbursement. The Honor Farmer Contracts Act<\/em> would reverse the Trump administration\u2019s reckless actions and ensure farmers can trust that the federal government won\u2019t stiff them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“The USDA\u2019s failure to honor its commitments is hurting farmers and rural communities in Oregon and across the country,” dijo Merkley.<\/strong> "El Honor Farmer Contracts Act<\/em> is about restoring trust and ensuring farmers get the Congressionally authorized funding they were promised. The Trump Administration\u2019s illegal federal funding cuts violate contracts, jeopardize livelihoods, and weaken our food system. It\u2019s time to restore critical funding and support the farmers who feed our communities.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s Agriculture Department has refused to make reimbursement payments to fulfill signed contracts, without any indication of when or whether farmers will be paid the money they laid out and are owed. Farmers and the organizations that serve them operate on tight margins and cannot be left waiting for weeks and months without funding they rightfully planned for and need to keep operating. Similarly, farmer-serving organizations\u2014which farmers rely upon to connect to local markets and implement practices that make them more productive and less resource intensive\u2014are facing imminent funding crises from not being reimbursed for completed or in-progress contracted work. This legislation would require the USDA to pay farmers all past due payments as quickly as possible to prevent them from having to shut down their operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Honor Farmer Contracts Act<\/em> har\u00eda:<\/p>\n\n\n\n